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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 64<\/a><\/p>\n manmanA bhava madhbhakthO madhyAjI mAm namaskuru |<\/em> manmanA bhava – have your heart focussed on me constantly; (because) Have your heart focussed on me constantly; (moreover) have deep love for me; (that too) become my worshipper; (moreover) offer obeisances to me (with all your three faculties viz mind, speech and body); (by being like this) you will certainly reach me; I promise that this is the truth; (because)\u00a0 you are dear to me.<\/p>\n ‘Be you of My thought, be My lover, My worshipper; do you prostrate to Me. To Myself you will come. In truth I promise (this) unto you; (for) you are sweet unto Me.'[1. Cp: Krish\u1e47a giving this assurance to Draupadi: \u2018Dyauh patet, p\u1e5bithiv\u012b \u015biryet, himav\u0101n \u015bakati bhavet \u015bushyet toyanidhi\u1e25 Krish\u1e47e! na me mogham vacho bhavet.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n Manman\u0101 bhava<\/em> = \u2018Be you etc.,\u2019 expresses a Divine Command embodied in such Vedanta texts as:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018This Transcendent Purusha, of the radiance of the Sun, Who is beyond tamas<\/em> (matter), I know by meditation. Knowing Him thus, one becomes here immortal. There exists no other Road for Immortality.\u2019[2. Tait: Ara\u1e47:<\/em> III-12: \u2018Ved\u0101ham etam etc.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n Be you of My thought<\/em>: is with reference to one\u2019s thought being of that kind which is implied by such expressions as vedana<\/em>, dhy\u0101na<\/em>, up\u0101sana<\/em> etc., signifying an unbroken succession of memory, intensely made vivid, so much so as to approach the reality of a sensible experience; and this joined to deep devotion, \u2014all directed to Me (as the Subject of this meditation.)<\/span><\/p>\n Mad-bhakta\u1e25<\/em> = My lover; inasmuch as I am to you dear, make your constant thought (or meditation) of Me intensely loving, (or full of the exuberance of your emotional nature.)<\/span><\/p>\n Mad-y\u0101ji<\/em> = My worshipper. Yajana=p\u016bjana=\u0101r\u0101dhanam=worship (and therefore not a mere dry formal observance of ceremonial ritual such as Jyotish\u1e6dhoma, \u2014T\u0101t-chan<\/em>.) \u2018My worshipper,\u2019 should be read with \u2018My lover\u2019, implying that the worship or services rendered to Me should be full of love. Worship means the carrying out of the entire round of services which are incumbent on a liege (to his Sovereign and Master).<\/span><\/p>\n M\u0101m namas-kuru<\/em>:, namas = namanam=bending<\/em>, implying the utmost attitude of reverence, love and humility to Me. Prostrate to Me<\/em> is thus not a mere physical genuflection<\/a>; but the physical is to constitute outwardly the sincere expression of the love etc., felt within, \u2014T\u0101t-chan<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n If your conduct be like this, then will you come to Myself. This is a Truth of which I give you assurance; about which I make you promise. It is not to be interpreted as a mere hollow persuasion addressed to you, by reason that you are My beloved. Was it not already stated thus?: \u2018I am verily dear to the wise, and he too is dear to Me.\u2019 (Gi:<\/em> VII-17<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n Where there is in his heart much love for Me, much love on My part there is for him; so much so that I should hardly bear separation from him; and therefore will join him to Myself. \u2018You shall come to Myself\u2019: is then Truth, and nothing but Truth, for which I pledge and vouch in the most positive manner.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 66<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 64 SlOkam \u2013 Original manmanA bhava madhbhakthO madhyAjI mAm namaskuru | mAm Evaishyasi sathyam thE pratijAnE priyO\u2019si mE || word-by-word meaning manmanA bhava – have your heart focussed on me constantly; madhbhaktha: bhava – (moreover) have deep love for … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-18","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13275,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions\/13275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n mAm Evaishyasi sathyam thE pratijAnE priyO\u2019si mE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nmadhbhaktha: bhava – (moreover) have deep love for me;
\nmadhyAjI bhava – (moreover) become my worshipper;
\nmAm – me
\nnamaskuru – offer obeisances (with all your three faculties viz mind, speech and body);
\nmAm Evaishyasi – (by being like this) you will certainly reach me;
\nsathyam thE prathijAnE – I promise that this is the truth;<\/p>\n
\nmE priya: asi –\u00a0 you are dear to me<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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